• Charity shops,  christmas,  Hair

    Stories of Hope – Qassim’s Story.

    It’s that time of year when I sort out my clothes, Joe’s toys and books in order to have a cull in preparation for Christmas. I try to be ruthless with my sorting, and, when I am finished, I donate all the good but now unwanted stuff to my local charity shop. It is a win-win situation in my view, I am able to make extra space for new things that will be arriving with Santa, and know that my donation is going to a good cause. But have you ever wondered how your donation to Charity helps people – where your money goes and what it actually does? Oxfam…

  • budget fashion,  celebrities,  Charity shops,  fashion,  High street,  shopping

    Are you going Shwopping?

    On May 9th Oxfam and Marks and Spencer are joining together to get you ‘Shwopping’, hosting a fantastic one day wardrobe clear out. This is a fabulous, fun event which has been designed to get us sorting out our unwanted clothing in order to donate them to help good causes. The very gorgeous Joanna Lumley is currently fronting the campaign, and is also the face of the M&S Eco and ethical project, Plan A. Shwopping helps us to declutter our wardrobes, get rid of things that are old, unworn and just plain unwanted, and makes us feel good about doing it. (And provides more space to buy even more clothes…

  • Charity shops,  designers,  fashion,  High street,  shopping,  style,  Vintage

    This Christmas – visit a Charity Shop.

    It seems to be getting harder to find a Christmas gift to suit a fashionista. Despite the ‘credit crunch‘ we still seem to live in a society where we buy what we want, whether that means saving for the ‘real thing’, or buying the Primark copy. For many of us, asking someone what they want for Christmas is met with a shrug of the shoulders, or worse still, that fatal statement ‘just get me anything’. Christmas is also called the ‘party season’. Lots of excuses for wearing your best frocks and glitter and drinking, eating and dancing to excess. The main questions this raises are ‘WHAT SHALL I WEAR?’ We…